The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brendon Walsh & Vanessa Rota finished 291st of 483 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Auckland 2026, in 1:32:05.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. The sled push was where this race was made, 0:41 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Auckland cost the whole field time: about 3:46 more than the average race this season, going by 311 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 6:23v median +0:24
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 6:03v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 6:38v median +0:39
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 7:00v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 7:13v median +0:51
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 7:34v median +1:16
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 6:54v median +0:35
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Block 08 11:49Running 8 7:49v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 482
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 482 mixed teams who finished.